I’m Gen X. I think our failure was believing too much in the unrestrained capitalism of the 80s, as well as the utopian racial wishful thinking from that time. Neither worked out great.

With respect to work, we overworked ourselves and damaged our health because we thought our employers were going to be decent people. We were often wrong. We should have been less trusting and more careful to carve out a healthy life for ourselves while doing it. Millennials have overcompensated for this and are too selfish and lazy. Maybe the zoomers will have a better balance.